La Seleção validated their ticket for the World Cup in Qatar by beating Colombia 1-0, yesterday Thursday, in Sao Paulo, thanks to a goal from Paqueta on a pass from Neymar.
Brazil needed just one point to qualify for the finals of the World Cup. And it is the Duo Paqueta – Neymar, who, in a rather difficult and close encounter, will deliver the Brazilian people. It was Marquinhos on a bad clearance, finds Neymar, who put the Lyonnais (Paqueta) into orbit with a sublime pass without control. The action continued with a touch of the ball, Paqueta shooting Ospina with a cross shot into the box (71 ‘).
This victory, which definitively qualifies the Seleção with 5 days remaining, rewards a journey at the end of which Brazil will have been simply untouchable, with 11 wins in 12 matches, 27 goals scored and only four conceded. “This qualification is the result of all the efforts made for a long time. I cried with joy after the goal because I am very happy to live these moments in the jersey of Brazil and with Olympique Lyonnais, “Paqueta told TV Globo after the match.
Brazil join Germany, Denmark and Qatar in the list of early qualifiers.
Neymar and his partners will therefore face Argentina next Tuesday in a relaxed manner.
Marguerite Ngo MOMHA
